Goddard Pushes Tax Shift Aimed at Big Property Owners
Sant Goddard a Democrat who failed to unseat Gov Farnus speaks at the Arizona Democratic Council banquet in Phoenix. He argues for shifting the tax burden away from small property holders toward large owners, citing 1962 county levies in Coconino and Navajo counties where three firms paid a large share of the tax and other taxpayers split the remainder.
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Sant Goddard
Goveml
Paul Farnus
Arizona Democratic Council
Phoenix
Goddard
Coconino
Navajo
Paso Natural Gas Company
Scala Fe
Arizona Public Service
Navajo County
Sante Fefe
el Paso
Public Service
Fannin Refuses To Intercede For McGee
Governor Paul Fannin in Phoenix said he cannot act on a plea for clemency for condemned killer Patrick McGee, slated for execution in the Florence gas chamber Friday. The petition for reprieve or commutation was filed by attorney John Grace of Flagstaff, citing moves to reorganize the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Fannin noted he is powerless to intervene without a recommendation from the board.
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Paul Fannin
Phoenix
Patrick Mabon McGee
Florence
Fannin
McGee
John 11
Grace
Flagstaff
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Jong
Fanning
IOOF Grand Master to Visit Flagstaff Tonight
The Grand Master Lovige of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will visit Flagstaff tonight for an official visit and dinner at the local lodge. Ceremonies chaired by Lee Pleal of Winslow will include jewels presentation to John Faught, Meéadrick, and Tortin, with local and Winslow members in attendance.
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Lovige
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of
Avizma
Fingsinf
Vnal Lodge
Leent Odd
Lee 0
Pleal
Winslow
John T. Faught
B.C. Meéadrick
Bewien
Pinol
Vincemayor
Felon
Fingntntf Lodge
Winslows and
Wil ‘Ars
Astrogeology unit to use Mesa land in Flagstaff project
City Council unanimously approves lease negotiations to build a USGS Astrogeology facility on 10 acres at McMillan Heights in Flagstaff. Plan includes payroll for about 28 employees, relocation of operations from Washington and Denver, and connection to lunar mapping work with a new telescope. Final government approval expected in six weeks, with completion hoped this year.
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Plagstaff
Ily Council
Flagstaff
Rollin W. Wheeler
Toperty
McMillan Heights
TUSGS
Charles Marshall
USGS
Astrogeology Observatory
Marshall
Astrogeology
Washington, D. C
Denver
Cole
Menlo Park
Calif
Flagstall
McMillan Mesa
Cedar Road
Spritz
Anderson Mega
Neil Christensen
Wheeler
Christensen
C. T
Maggie) Pulliam
Harry Field Jr
Lowell Observatory
Supervisors Endorse Daylight Saving Time Plan
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution backing placing Arizona on Daylight Saving Time during spring and summer months. The move was led by E. H. Weigel of Williams and supported unanimously by Chairman Harald Huffer and other supervisors. The clerk was asked to notify state senators, the house speaker, and the county's legislative delegation of the action.
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Coconino County Board of Supervisors
Arizona
Bsupyr
E. H
Eddie) Weigel
Williams
Supvr
Doe Tissaw Sr
Flagstaff
Harald Huffer
Huffer
Jane Burns
State Senate
Clarence Carpenter
House
William Barkley
Blule Sens
Fred. Udine
T. M
Tommy) Knoles
Forest fire near Sunset Crater scorches vast acreage
U S Forest Service reports a blaze about ten miles east of Sunset Crater National Monument burned around 200 acres of timber in the Coconino National Forest. At its peak, as many as 200 firefighters and volunteers fought the wind driven fire, with mopping up and containment efforts under way despite gusts up to 40 miles per hour and dry conditions.
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Amamicansid
Coconino Nathann Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Flagstatt
Boundry
Sunset Crater National Monument
Forest Service
Arci
Tiga
High Court Upholds Rail Rule Shifts
The Supreme Court unanimously upholds a lower court ruling backing railroads’ right to implement sweeping work rule changes aimed at eliminating featherbedding. Unions, representing about 210,000 workers across 195 railroads, had challenged the plan, but the court directs self-help pending Railway Labor Act procedures and an emergency board if needed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hive
U.S. Circuit Court
Chicago
Circuit Court
Ghenit
Northland Faces Light Snow With More Possible Weekend
Northland awoke to a light thin snow cover after yesterday’s fall. The U S Weather Bureau Flagstaff reports about half an inch at the airport and 2 to 8 inches more in surrounding areas. forecasters warn of two Pacific storms that could bring increased snow Thursday through Saturday.
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Northland
Flagstaff
Arizona
U.S
Weather
Paul Sorenger
Grand Canyon
Four Corners
Frovlie
Sorenson
Pacific Coast
Morrow pushes plan to expand Game and Fish Commission
Arizona Senator Robert Morrow proposes enlarging the Line Game and Fish Commission from five to seven members. He would appoint members by district, creating six districts including Santa Cruz Pima Cochise Graham Greenlee Gila Apache Navajo Coconino Yavapai Mohave and Navajo counties, with five districts listed.
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Phoenix
Robert Morrow
D-Mohave
Line Game and Fish Commission
Morrnw
Narions
Morrow
Diariet
Sante Cruz
Pima Smnthes
Cochise
Graham
Greeniac
Gila
Mavicopa
Pte
Nals
Apache
Navages
Coconina
Yavapaiz Sey
Yue
Mohave
Parks Travel Sets Records At Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest
Northern Arizona parks reported February visitor records with mild weather boosting crowds. Grand Canyon saw 52,452 visitors, up about 41 percent from 1962, while Petrified Forest logged 15,735, up 11 percent. Year to date totals reached 89,?888 with weather described as unusually clear and mild.
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Auona
Grand Canyon
Petrified Forest
Holbrook
Grand National Park
Charles Shovlin
Shevlin
National Park
Charles 2
Mumberger
Nathan Park
Phantom Guest Ranch
Avalanche Buries Minister and Two Daughters in Colorado
Rescuers on Red Mountain Pass near Ouray search for Congregational minister Rev Marvin Undson 39 and his daughters Amelia 17 Pauline 12 after a massive snowslide on U S 550. Sheriff Brown says chances of survival slim as snow 18 to 30 feet deep blocks the canyon. Teo H James, a snowplow operator, reports the car swept off the road and carried over a sheer wall to a creek bed below while witnesses recall driving conditions on the 11,018 foot pass.
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Ouray, Cola
Shaw
WM Ai
U.S
Red Mountain Pass
Marvin Hudson
Amelia
Pauline
Albert Brown
Teo HT. James
East Riverside Gulch
James
Ardzal
Micre
Uru
Jndson
Ouray
Silverton
Navajo Nation Votes In 25 000 Ballot Election
Navajo voters begin a two day election to choose a tribal chairman and a one member Tribal Council. Ballots reach Navajo communities across Arizona New Mexico and Utah and are mailed from Window Rock to major cities. Returns expected by Tuesday or Wednesday with radio broadcasts in Navajo during the campaign.
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Window Rock
Talien
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
West Virginia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay Area
Cleveland
Cincinati
Ohio
Datlag
Tex Y Alice
Mum
Tribal Council Candidate Dies in Gallup NM
Abel Tauehin, Navajo Tribal Council member from Copper Mine precinct, was found dead early today in a Gallup motel. Police cited no evidence of foul play and suspected heart attack. the election for a new four year term began today amid scattered speeches in Gallup Farmington Cortez and Blanding.
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Gallup
IAP
Abel Tauehin
Mibal
Bus with nurses sinks in East River near Welfare Island
A bus carrying about nine persons including nurses plunged into the East River near Welfare Island after lunch. Two dead, six presumed dead, one rescued. City and coast guards, divers sought, with Navy skin divers urged. Nurses from Goldwater and Bird & Coler Hospitals among passengers.
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Guat Pratt
Atl
Navy
Welfare Island
Mmidstream
Manhattany
Quewis
5Th Street
Nnt
Goldwater Memorial Hospital
Department of Hospitals
Goldwater Hospital
Bird & Coler Hospital
Seligman Man Killed in Pickup Crash, 1962 Toll Update
A 52 year old Seligman resident died when his Chevrolet pickup overturned west of U S Highways near Se Liga around 2 a m. The Arizona Highway Patrol reported the driver was pinned beneath the overturned truck and pronounced dead at the scene. This marked Arizona's second highway fatality for 1962, increasing the year’s toll.
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Seligman
Arizona
Nares Dami
U.S
Amderneath
Arizona Highway Patrol
Qdomavns
Se Liga
Plagetialt
Odom
Wattie
CP Drive Nets $1,100 in Area
Community drive raised about $1,100 in the region over the weekend as local volunteers collected coins from residents. Kenneth West of Northland headed the effort for United Coronal Patay, praising the turnout and noting support from Civil Defense and local families.
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Ommand Covebrad
Kenneth
Puggatatt
Northland
United Coronal Patay
Bry
West
UCP
sGviva
Torhouse
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